Smoke-house



N1. W.` S. KEN DALL.

- Smoke House.

No. 14,021. i Patented Jan. 1, 1856.

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SMOKE-HOUSE.

Specification of Letters Patent No. 14,021, dated January 1, 1856.

' of reference marked thereon.

The nature of my invention consists in the construction of a smoke furnace for the purpose of creating the smok-e in smoke houses in such a manner, position and place as to prevent the grease of the meat from falling into the fire and creating a ii'ame.

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention I will proceed to describe its construction and operation.

Construct a smoke house in any of the known forms, and apply thereto my smoke furnace. I do not claim the smoke house, but I claim my smoke furnace or any other substantially the same and which will produce the intended effect, and its application to smoke houses.

My improvement consists in building my smoke furnace as described by the accompanying drawings, beneath or beside the hanging meat in the smoke house. Its benefits, use, and manner of doing its work is as follows, viz: The first or lower apartment as seen in plan (D) in the accompanying drawings contains the re, the first arch prevents the fire from rising, and the holes in the arch allow the smoke to pass oif and escape through the opening at the ends of the smoke furnace above the first arch and pass toand around the hanging meat. The second arch is a dead (or solid arch) to prevent the roof of the smoke furnace from getting hot. The openings above the second arch at the ends and Ventilating holes at the sides as shown in the accompanying drawings are for the purpose of keeping the roof cool.

The roof and gutters carry off the dripping grease that may fall to a can thereby preventing it from reaching the fire and causing a flame, which has frequently been the case in the ordinary smoke houses caused by the exposure of the fire to the dripping grease.

Build a smoke furnace of masonry or its equivalent at a proper distance from the meat, say two feet or more with a metal or mineral roof or an equivalent of this or a similar form, say four feet wide and siX feet long on the ground floor. Carry the walls about five feet high, forming a doorway as seen in the accompanying drawings for the purpose of building the fire with a metallic door with a vent. At the distance of five feet from the ground place a clamp around the walls, and form an arch of masonry or its equivalent, perforated with holes, say 2 by 2 inches, for the purpose of carrying oft' the smoke, then continue the side walls some sixteen inches higher and clamp the walls again as seen in the accompanying drawings pointed out by (it) and form a solid (or dead) arch as shown by (G) in plan to prevent the roof from getting hot. Then continue the side walls about two inches higher have them perforated as shown in plans (C) and (F) and at (O) to ventilate the upper room, then form a roof of metal or mineral or an equivalent and attach a gutter pipe, and can as shown in cuts (E) and (F) at y), g, r, to carry oft' the grease that may fall.

lhat I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent isl. The smoke furnace or its equivalent and its application to smoke houses thereof .which will prevent the fire from reaching the meat or the grease from reaching the fire thereby preventing damage and destruction to the meat and smoke house.

2. The smoke furnace may be composed of brick and iron or an equivalent as described in my specification and accompanying drawings in such a manner as to prevent the grease of the meat from falling into the fire and creating a flame, as frequently occurs in the ordinary smoke houses in which the lire is built without any protection to the dripping grease.

MOSES W. S. KENDALL.

Wlitnesses JAS. W. SEoRIsT, UZZIAH KENDALL, J r. 

